Eolding irouing-board



G. M. MARSH.

FOLDING IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, I916.

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Inventor Witnesses Attorneys GEORGE M. MARSH, OF EAST RANDOLPH, NEWYORK.

FOLDING IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

Application filed July 14, 1916. Serial No. 109,347.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. MARSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Randolph, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Folding Ironing-Board, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a means forhousing and operating an ironing board.

The invention aims to provide novel means whereby when a closure for acabinet which contains the ironing board is manipulated, the ironingboard may be disposed in an operative working position, and be heldsecurely in such position.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention, the ironing boardbeing lowered into a working position; and parts of the supportingstructure appearing in section; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection of the structure forming the subject matter of this application,the ironing board being disposed within the cabinet; and Fig. 3 is afragmental front elevation wherein the ironing board is shown lowered,as in Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a support which maybe a wall. A floor appears at 2.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a box-likecabinet 3 which is open at the front, the cabinet 3 being attached tothe wall 1 in any suitable manner. The cabinet 3 comprises side walls 4,a top 5 and a bottom 6. A vertically swinging closure 7 for the cabinet3 is provided. The closure 7 includes a lower panel 8 and an upper panel9. The lower end of the supper panel 9 is secured to the upper end ofthe lower panel 8 by means of one or more hinges 10. Hinges 11 unite thelower end of the lower panel 8 with the bottom 6 of the cabinet 3.Secured to the lower panel 8 are spacing blocks 12. Secured to thespacing blocks 12 is an ironing board 14. The outer end 15 of theironing board 14 projects beyond the outer or upper end of the lowerpanel 8, and is spaced from the inner face of the upper panel 9. A leg16 is united by means of a hinge 17 with the projecting end 15 of theironing board 14. A flexible element 18 forms a connection between theleg 16 and the upper panel 9. Hooks 19 are pivoted to the side edges ofthe upper panel 9. The lower panel 8 is provided at its edges withprojections 20. There are projections 21 on the outer faces of the sidewalls 4 of the cabinet 3.

When the ironing board 14 is held within the cabinet 3, as shown in Fig.2, the cooperation between the various parts of the structure is asfollows :The lower panel 8 and the upper panel 9 are alined vertically,and form a closure for the open front of the cabinet 3, the hooks. 19 onthe upper panel 9 being engaged with the projections 21 on the sidewalls 4 of the cabinet 3, so that the closure cannot swing downwardly.The leg 16 stands in an upwardly projecting position between the end 15of the ironing board 14 and the upper panel 9, the flexible element 18hanging in a loop between the leg 16 and the panel 9.

When it is desired to dispose the ironing board 14 in the horizontal,working position of Fig. 1, the operation is as follows The hooks 19 onthe upper panel 9 are detached from projections 21 on the side walls 4of the cabinet 3. The lower panel 9 is then swung downwardly on thehinges 10 until it overlaps the outer face of the lower panel 8. By thisoperation, the flexible element 18 is tightened up and the leg 16 ispulled outwardly, until it stands at right angles to the board 14, whichis still in a vertical position within the cabinet 3. When the flexibleelement 18 is tightened up as aforesaid, the leg 16 is brought intoabutment with the upper end of the lower panel 8 and with thecorresponding end of the upper panel 9. The lower panel 8 is now swungdownwardly on the hinges 11 until the parts appear as shown in Fig. 1,the hooks 19 having previously been engaged with the projections 20 onthe edges of the lower panel 8, so as to hold the panel 9 underneath thepanel 8, as shown in Fig. 1. Since the panel 9 is held in the positionshown in Fig. 1, the flexible element 18 is kept taut, therebypreventing the leg 16 from swinging in the direction of the arrow A inFig. 1, and because the leg 16 abuts against the ends of the panels 8and 9, as

clearly shown in Fi 1, the leg cannot swing in the direction of t earrow B.

Having thus described the invention is claimed is v 1. In a device oftheclass described, a cabinet; a vertically swinging closure for thecabinet, the closure comprising a lower panel hinged at its lower end tothe lower end of the cabinet, and an upper panel hinged at its lower endto the upper end of the lower panel; an ironing board secured to theinner face of the lower panel and including a projecting end spaced fromthe upper panel; a leg located in the space between said end of theboard and the upper panel and hinged at its lower end to the board; anda flexible connection between the upper end of the leg and the upper endof the upper panel.

2. In a device of the class described, a cabinet; a vertically swingingclosure for the cabinet, the closure comprising a lower panel hinged atits lower end to the lower end of the cabinet, and an upper panel hingedat its lower end to the upper end of the lower panel; an ironing boardsecured to the inner face of the lower panel and including a projectingend spaced from the upper panel; a leg located in the space between saidend of the board and the upper what end of the panel and hinged at itslower end to the board; a flexible connection between the upper end ofthe leg and the upper end of the upper panel; the outer end of one panelforming an abutment for the leg when the board and both panels arelowered and when the upper panel is swung beneath the lower panel; andmeans for detachably connecting the panels when the up per panel isswung beneath the lower panel, thereby to tighten the connection and tohold the leg in abutment with the outer end of the abutment-formingpanel.

3. In a device of the class described, a cabinet; a vertically swingingclosure for the cabinet, the closure comprising a lower panel hinged atits lower end to the lower end of the cabinet, and an upper panel hingedat its lower end to the upper end of the lower panel; an ironing boardsecured to the inner face of the lower panel and including a projectingend spaced from the upper panel; a leg located in the space between saidend of the board and the upper panel and hinged at its lower end to theboard; the panels and the board being adapted to be lowered, and theupper panel being adapted to be swung beneath the lower panel, and theleg being adapted to be disposed in a depending position to form asupport for both panels; and a detachable connection including a part onthe lower panel, a part on the upper panel, and a part on the cabinet,the part on the upper panel being adapted to engage with the part on thelower panel when the upper panel is folded beneath the lower panel, andthe part on the upper panel being adapted to engage the part on thecabinet when the panels are vertically alined to form a closure for thecabinet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

H. J. MORTON, H. G. SEARLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

